The former Minister of Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Environment in Kosovo, Liburn Aliu, has been appointed as the Director of the Port of Durrës in Albania.

The news was announced by Albania’s Minister of Education, Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi.

She wrote on Facebook that it has always been said that Durrës is the shared gateway to the Adriatic for both Albania and Kosovo.

“Therefore, there could be no better choice to embody this vision and sentiment than Liburn — a patriot and proven public official, with whom, as a former Minister of Environment, I had an excellent working relationship during the time when he also led the sectors of environment and spatial planning as Minister in Kosovo,” Kumbaro wrote on Facebook.

Liburn Aliu resigned from his position as Minister of Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Environment in Kosovo in August 2025, just one day after Dimal Basha was elected Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo.